[plug] Logging in to NT domain

[Paul Dean]

Hya,

At 09:03 AM 20/08/2001 +0800, you wrote:


>Hi all
>
>At my work they insist on people taking home laptops in order to login from
>home. The craptops have win nt, and you use 'log in via dialup' on the login
>screen in order to get onto the network.

sad world isn't...

>Since I have about 8 working machines at home, mostly linux boxes, I think 
>this
>is ridiculous.
>
>I dont know the first thing about NT, but can Samba or something similar 'log
>in' to the domain? If I setup a (probably chap?) dialup login, can I get samba
>to login to the domain controller (and then throw away any updates like virus
>etc)???

Setup pppd for dial-up then NT should try to auth to the domain, so samba 
can answer the auth.
Question: Is Samba a PDC or BDC?
I've never done this but I would say because Samba can sync passwd with the 
Linux side of things I believe it should work. If you are using encrypted 
passwd's then sync may not be necessary.

>It seems ridiculous to me, but they insist on it......
>
>Thanks

Hope this point's you in the right direction.


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